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Particle Simulations on Space Plasma Interactions with Weakly-Magnetized Small Bodies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K14403
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Space and upper atmospheric physics
Research InstitutionKobe University

Principal Investigator

Miyake Yohei  神戸大学, 計算科学教育センター, 准教授 (50547396)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords月惑星プラズマ / 固体天体 / プラズマ波動 / 固体天体プラズマ相互作用 / 衛星プラズマ相互作用 / 表面帯電 / 超高層物理学 / 数値シミュレーション / 固体プラズマ相互作用 / 宇宙プラズマ / プラズマ数値シミュレーション / 超高層物理が宇 / 弱磁化天体
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The plasma environments near solar-system small bodies are numerically reproduced by means of the particle-in-cell plasma simulations, assuming two independent situations of an interplanetary magnetic field line contacting the Moon surface and a near-spacecraft region in the polar ionosphere. The simulations reveal that the excitation of low frequency electromagnetic waves at 100 km away from the Moon surface, as well as the presence of the electron wing that is reflected at the spacecraft surface and guided along geomagnetic field lines. Both results provide us important clues on the presence of long-range nature of body-plasma interactions in particular conditions. The spatial scale of the disturbance identified in the present study extends to hundreds of Debye lengths of the environment, which is much longer than previously considered.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

宇宙プラズマと固体表面の相互作用の研究は、過去には人工衛星帯電やプラズマ計測への干渉等の観点から検討が行われてきた。一方で、こうした荷電分離領域の拡がりはプラズマの最小特性長であるデバイ長程度であるため、それらが宇宙プラズマ環境側へ与える影響は過小評価されてきた側面がある。しかし本課題の実施により、固体表面周辺で生成された密度勾配構造や非熱的電子成分が、特定の条件下において、表面から少なくとも数100デバイ長以上離れた場所の電磁環境にも影響を及ぼすことが明らかになった。固体プラズマ相互作用が表面近傍だけではなく、それが遠方のプラズマ環境と結合していることを示唆するという点で重要な成果である。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (4 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 3 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Imperial College London(英国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] オスロ大学・数学自然科学部(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] コロラド大学ボルダー校(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Colorado at Boulder/University of Southern California(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Particle-In-Cell Simulations of the Cassini Spacecraft’s Interaction with Saturn’s Ionosphere during the Grand Finale2021

    • Author(s)
      Z. Zhang, R.T. Desai, Y. Miyake, H. Usui, O. Shebanits
    • Journal Title

      Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

      Volume: 504 Issue: 1 Pages: 964-973

    • DOI

      10.1093/mnras/stab750

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Electron Wing‐Like Structures Formed at a Negatively Charged Spacecraft Moving in a Magnetized Plasma2020

    • Author(s)
      Miyake Y.、Miloch W. J.、Kjus S. H.、Pecseli H. L.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

      Volume: 125 Issue: 2

    • DOI

      10.1029/2019ja027379

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Numerical Simulations of a Dust Grain in a Flowing Magnetized Plasma2019

    • Author(s)
      Darian D.、Miloch W. J.、Mortensen M.、Miyake Y.、Usui H.
    • Journal Title

      Physics of Plasmas

      Volume: 26 Issue: 4 Pages: 043701-043701

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.5089631

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Particle simulations of electric and dust environment near the lunar vertical hole2018

    • Author(s)
      Miyake Y., Funaki Y., Nishino M. N., and Usui H.
    • Journal Title

      AIP Conference Proceedings: 8th Intl. Conf. Phys. Dusty Plasmas

      Volume: 1925 Pages: 020001-020001

    • DOI

      10.1063/1.5020389

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 宇宙におけるプラズマ-固体境界層の理工学研究2021

    • Author(s)
      三宅洋平
    • Organizer
      宇宙地球惑星科学若手会夏の学校2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] イオン電流が駆動する表面帯電現象の物理機構について2020

    • Author(s)
      三宅洋平
    • Organizer
      宇宙環境シンポジウム
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Recent Activities of Solid Body-Plasma Interaction Simulations2020

    • Author(s)
      Miyake, Y., M. N. Nishino, Y. Harada, W. J. Miloch, and H. Usui
    • Organizer
      Symposium on Planetary Sciences
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Simulations of Electrostatic Structure near Spacecraft in a Weakly-Magnetized Plasma2019

    • Author(s)
      Miyake, Y., W. J. Miloch, and H. L. Pecseli
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall Meeting
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] NumericalSimulations of Dust Plasma Environment near Lunar Surface2018

    • Author(s)
      Y. Miyake
    • Organizer
      13th International School/Symposium for Space Simulations (ISSS-13):
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 粒子モデルプラズマ運動論シミュレーションの高効率計算技法2018

    • Author(s)
      三宅洋平
    • Organizer
      第二回ポスト「京」時代の天体形成シミュレーション研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 月面近傍プラズマ・ダスト環境の粒子モデルシミュレーション2018

    • Author(s)
      三宅洋平, 西野真木
    • Organizer
      第144回SGEPSS総会および講演会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 月縦孔・地下空洞探査に向けた月表層電磁気・ダスト環境の数値シミュレーション解析2018

    • Author(s)
      三宅洋平, 西野真木
    • Organizer
      第62回宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of Electrostatic Environment on Charged Particle Transport near Lunar Holes2017

    • Author(s)
      三宅洋平
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall Meeting 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effect of Surface Topography on the Lunar Dust Environment: 3D Particle Simulations2017

    • Author(s)
      三宅洋平
    • Organizer
      8th International Conference on the Physics of Dusty Plasmas
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] UZUME計画:月縦孔・地下空洞周辺のプラズマ・ ダスト輸送に対する静電気環境の影響2017

    • Author(s)
      三宅洋平
    • Organizer
      第61回宇宙科学技術連合講演会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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